For over 80 years, the Bridgestone Firestone tire company has owned the world’s largest rubber plantation in Liberia. Child labor, widespread abuse of worker’s rights and environmental destruction have characterized the plantation for generations. But workers and communities affected by Firestone’s abuses are fighting back. Come hear the leaders of the union representing Firestone [...]

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Since 1926, Bridgestone Firestone has operated the world’s largest rubber plantation in Harbel, Liberia. Workers on the plantation have long faced incredibly poor living and working conditions. Firestone rubber tappers live in crowded shacks without running water, electricity or indoor latrines and are required to meet [...]

Check out this video from the United Steelworkers (USW) about the struggle of workers on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia.  The struggle for good working and living conditions for these workers continues today.  Please keep checking this website in the next few weeks for new ways to take action!

Global Witness and the Save My Future Foundation just released a new analysis of the 2008 concession agreement between Firestone and the government of Liberia.  The press release is below and you can read the full analysis here.
Liberia needs to learn lessons from Firestone contract renegotiation
Press Release – 14/11/2008
The Liberian government needs to learn hard [...]

The Firestone Natural Rubber Company recently published the latest edition of it’s newsletter, Firestone Voice.  In the newsletter, Firestone lauds the new collective bargaining agreement signed the the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL), a new water treatment facility and a scholarship program for students.
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

Initial reports from the Firestone plantation raise [...]